Greatest endings to a film

[Herne Hill Hammer]

No Way Out - Kevin Costner. It's like the Sixth Sense in that once you've seen it, it's probably not worth watching again.

The Last Seduction. Linda Florentino's character just destroys Peter Berg's.

Soylent Green as they're carting Charlton Heston away.

Others that have aleady been mentioned.

Open Water, she just drops her belt and sinks to drown rather than getting eaten by sharks.

True Romance
The Third Man
High Noon
The Searchers
Shane / Pale Rider
Alien

I liked the end to Quarantine too and The China Syndrome and Silkwood.

What about Clarice Starling in the night vision goggles in The Silence Of The Lambs? (Was that right at the end? I haven't seen it for years.)

 

[Sarcoidevo]

Napolean Dynamite

 

[Xtreme]

 

[Kong]

The Blair Witch Project had one of the most memorable endings to a film I've seen.

No Country For Old Men was poignant, in an unusual sort of way.

Toy Story 3 was the perfect ending to an all time classic trilogy (why must they make another?)

The Prestige went from a good film to a great one with its ending.

All is Lost had the perfect ending to what is one of the most unique films in recent years.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Have you seen the musical version?

 

[Bostonian]

Which was really just a remake of Shane. I loved it nonetheless

More of a homage to Shane than a remake.

One of the best things about the ending of Shane that it leaves with people is the question of does he live or does he die?

 

[Exe Gesis]

More of a homage to Shane than a remake.

One of the best things about the ending of Shane that it leaves with people is the question of does he live or does he die?

He dies of course.

 

[Xtreme]

 

[Xtreme]

 

[Trucker Tiger]

Arlington Road has a great ending. In fact, the whole thing is great.

 

[edgie]

Hmmm...

Rogue One
Star Wars 1 - 6
Edge Of Tomorrow
Rocky V, Balboa
Rambo (the 4th one, for the chronologically confused by that title)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Mad Max
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Death Wish 3
Spiderman 2

That'll do for now.

 

[RolandF1]

That's a great one. Too bad the sequels don't follow through with that ending.

 

[toxic]

Draft Day, Kevin Costner

 

[LegacyNexus]

I always thought the ending to the first Saw film was pretty awesome.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Of the ones that have yet to be mentioned:

- Presumed Innocent (Loved the way they set up the false ending from both a score & cinematography viewpoint)
- Primal Fear (Edward Norton's film debut is a ripper)

 

[NSWCROW]

* this fred if no one's said " ARLINGTON ROAD " yet.

Made me feel deadset crook in the guts.
Don't google , don't ask , just watch it.



I'll throw in MAD MAX - FURY ROAD
3 previous movies had bleak AF endings , in this we get a triumphant joyous ending.
The music sells it perfectly and that tiny nod from Hardy kills me everytime.
Then as we fade to black we see a quote ( see my sig ) , it leaves you with a question to ponder as you drive home.

That's when you understand what the movie's really saying to us.

 

[Xtreme]

That's when you understand what the movie's really saying to us.

"How good would it look in black and white"

And the question is answered in the black and white edition they released not long ago

 

[Marlowe]

Whiplash has a brilliant ending. So does Phoenix. Both revolve around music, both deliver immensely.

Dogville has probably the most satisfying ending to any film I've seen.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is satisfying for different reasons, you want to watch it on repeat.

Chinatown's ending is the definition of perfect.

A Serious Man and Take Shelter have the best endings involving weather.

Frailty is one of my favourite twist endings.

The Piano Teacher ends with a real gut punch too.

 

[NSWCROW]

Shane.

My dad told me the ending moved him so much that i ended up with it as my name.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

I love a good ambiguous ending, so I support the poster who said The Blair Witch Project and I'd add American Psycho to the list.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

The smile on Spacey's face at the end of American Beauty always gets me too.

 

[Cold Sober]

The Revenant with LEO;the power went out; best end to that film anyway;only wish it happened earlier

 

[Bostonian]

My dad told me that ending moved him so much that i ended up with it.

You wouldn't be the only one i'd reckon.

That's why it was such a popular film, it moved people in a way that western genre films generally didn't at that time.

 

[Bostonian]

He dies of course.

I'm not sure he does..

He says "Joey, there's no living with... with a killing. There's no going back from one. Right or wrong, it's a brand. A brand sticks. There's no going back. Now you run on home to your mother, and tell her... tell her everything's all right. And there aren't any more guns in the valley."

So it's open ended as to if he means he's leaving so there's nobody with guns left in the valley(him staying means people wanting to kill him might bring gunmen to the valley) or he's going away to die due to his injuries.

The debate continues.

 

[edgie]

I have always liked The Replacements ending too. A great sense of finality and triumph.

And, Superman 2.

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